Navvis, a leading population health company, today announced that Miles Snowden, M.D., MPH, joined the company as chief operating officer. Dr. Snowden will be responsible for key centralized functions at Navvis, including clinical operations and implementations, as well as ongoing, in-market delivery of the company’s population health solutions.

Dr. Snowden brings a wealth of clinical, operational, and market-facing experience, both within and outside of healthcare, and has held previous executive and clinical leadership roles at TeamHealth; UnitedHealthcare and Optum, companies of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH); and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL). In these roles, Dr. Snowden worked extensively with health plans, providers, employers and consumers and devoted much of his career to addressing the gaps and opportunities that exist across these stakeholders.

“I am thrilled that Dr. Snowden is joining our seasoned executive team at Navvis, bringing his acumen and successful track record of delivering managed services to health plans and health systems across the country,” said Mike Farris, chairman and chief executive officer of Navvis. “Dr. Snowden’s truly unique understanding of the opportunities in new models of healthcare is a tremendous asset to both our company and client partners. The appointment of Dr. Snowden marks a new phase for Navvis as we scale our population health solutions, increase the impact we have on client outcomes, and deliver on our vision to reimagine population health.”

“I am excited and honored to be working with the exceptional team at Navvis and their client partners who together are transforming healthcare – to a consumer-centric, physician-led model of value-based care,” said Dr. Snowden, chief operating officer of Navvis. “As I looked across the industry for new approaches to healthcare, I found unique and innovative capabilities at Navvis including their comprehensive care coordination model, integration of networks and payment models, and unified technology platform. I look forward to contributing to the continued innovation and success at Navvis.”

Dr. Snowden completed both his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Louisville, and his medical residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is certified in internal and preventive medicine and holds a master’s degree in public health.

Navvis is a Real-Person Care company with a transformative approach to population health. Our groundbreaking approach responds to how people really live their lives, day in and day out. Navvis Real-Person Care is integrated and holistic, physician-led and person-centered. Our entire approach begins with asking people a simple question that no one else is asking: Not, ‘what’s the matter with you?’ but, ‘what matters to you?’

We partner with health plans, health systems, providers and employers to eliminate the barriers, boundaries and siloed efforts that fragment care. We help our clients move from a system that is complicated and frustrating to one that is centered on people’s real-life needs.